and threaten them with death when they don’t.

You mean... except for that entire colonialism thing, huh?

These provocations make sense as long as the other side takes offense for so little

Go burn Bibles in public, then... we'll see how long it takes the christo-fascists to show up at your door. Somehow, I don't think you will.

The article sheds no light on what the actual motives of these particular protesters are.

Don't have to... it's very easy to tell what they are. And it seems plenty of people are willing to run interference for these nazis - as long as they can be aimed at Muslims, of course.